Expanding -the World P* W Sample file - 2707 Spread Arthur's Chivalry to the rest of Britain, Ireland, and the Continent, meeting knights from strange lands and cultures. Attend Arthur's court to learn the latest intrigue. Match arms with warrior women, aspire to the Order of the Golden Apple or brave the exotic lands of Faerie. ndvent urous WHAT IS PENDRAGON? With Pendragon you and your friends can play games of heroic adventure. F One player, the gamemaster, presents i the story. Everyone else creates knight-characters - the heroes of the i tale. Each player verbally responds to the gamemaster's plot and villains and describes how his or her character re- acts. You can face the same dangers and monsters that Arthur and Lancelot encountered, but this time you decide your knight's actions! KNIGHTS ADVENTUROUS ex- pands and amplifies many topics introduced in the basic Pendragon rulesbook, and is a valuable aid to u 1 both the players and the game- VES; .- %master. CHARACTER GENERA- TION greatly expands the options of player-knights. LANDS AND PEOPLES describes France, Ire- land, and various regions of Britain revealing rulers, vassals, armies, and interesting features. Covers the Cymri, French, Occitanians, Irish, Picts, Romans, and Saxons. KNIGHTS introduces new classes and noble ambi- tions. Various organizations include the Queen's Knights, Knights of the Grail Temple, and Order of the Golden Apple. WOMEN details roles, ambitions, and character-generation. RELIGION Christianity, Paganism, Wotanism, and Juda- ism are all described. WEALTH provides many ways of spending money including feasts, stables, different horse breeds; fashions in clothing, and additional types of armor. GRAND EVENTS describes visiting court, hosting a tourna- ment, and the hunt. MAGIC & FAlRlE discusses faerie in Britain, discusses religion and farie, magic use,and muses I about King Arthur and the Faerie War. I This game is only one of Sample filemany fine books, board- games, roleplaying games and game supplements pub- lished by Chaosium Inc. For -AcNIIEIpP a free catalog of Chaosium ab PEN DRAG0N-#2707 ooks and games, write to: 9 780933 635708 _I ..... ... 0990-2707CH1 8.95 PENDRAGON" is Chaosium@a Inc.'s trade- ISBN 0-933635-70-2 marked fantasy roleplaying game based 4 on the legends of King Arthur. I & Knights Adventurous by Greg Stafford EDITOR: William Dunn ASSISTANT EDITORS Sam Shirley, Britt Daniel, Lynn Willis, John B. Monroe COVER DESIGN Charlie Krank COVER ARTWORK: Sue Krinard INTERIOR ARTWOW Amie Swekel PLAYER'S MAP, CELTIC DECORATIONS Gus diZerega FASHION ILLUSTRATIONS: Carolyn Savoy CARTOGRAPHY, ADDITIONAL MAPS: Greg Stafford LAYOUT: William Dunn, Charlie Krank, Mike MacDonald CHAOSIUM INC. Sample1990 file Credits Contributors: Frederic Blayo, Heather Bryden, William Dunn, D. Hudson Frew, Sharon Grant, Peter Tamlyn, T. Michael Trout, Anne Vetillard This work was prepared using the Penguin Classics edition of LE Morte D’Arthur, edited by Janet Cowen. r KNIGHTS ADVENTUROUS is published by Chaosium Inc. KNIGHTS ADVENTUROUS is copyright 0 1990 by Greg Stafford. Similarities between characters in KNIGHTS ADVENTUROUS and persons living or dead are strictly coincidental. Cover painting copyright 0 1990 by Sue Krinard. Fashion illustrations copyright 0 1990 by Carolyn Savoy. All other illustrations copyright 0 1990 by Arnie Swekel. Player’s Map and Celtic borders copyright 0 1990 by Gus diZerega. The reproduction of material from this book for the purposes of personal or corporate profit by photographic, electronic, or other methods of retrieval is prohibited. Address questions concerning this book as well as requests for free catalogs of Chaosium products to Chaosium Inc., 950-A 56th St., SampleOakland CA, 94608. file Chaosium Publication 2707. Published in September 1990. ISBN 0-933635-70-2. -.......... .......... ............ Complete Contents Introduction .............. 4 The Peoples ............. 53 Wealth .................... 102 Advanced Character cymri ........................... 53 Cities .......................... 102 A Cymric Warrior (illustration) ....... 55 Great City Price List .......... 102.104 French 56 Generation ................ 5 .......................... Your Stable ...................... 104 Tor le Fise Aries (arms) .............57 Procedure ........................ 6 The Merchant (illustration) ......... 105 Occitanians ...................... 57 Blank Character Sheet ............ 7. 8 Coins (illustration) ................106 Occitanian Knight at the Hunt (illo) ...59 A Mercenary Knight (illustration) .... 11 Fashion ......................... 109 Irish ............................ 59 Galeholt the Haut Prince (arms) ...... 12 Armor 109 Bagdemagus (arms) ................60 .......................... La Cote Male Taile (arms) .......... 15 Picts ............................ 61 CurrentFashion (illustration) .......110 A Pictish Knight (illustration) ........62 Camelot Fashion (illustration) .......111 The Lands ............... 18 Romans ......................... 63 The Geography of Britain ........... 18 Brastias (arms) .................... 64 Grand Events ......... 112 Travel in Britain .................. 20 Saxons .......................... 64 Visits to the Court ................112 Pict Warriors (illustration) .......... 21 A Saxon Warrior (illustration) ........65 The Jester (illustration) ............113 How to Use the Regional Sections ....22 Tournaments ..................... 115 Logres .......................... 23 Ambitions ................ 66 Lavaine (arms) ................... 116 Gareth Beaumains (arms) ........... 25 Lords ........................... 66 Urre (arms) ...................... 117 Percivale de Galis (arms) ........... 27 Ranks ........................... 67 Lucan (arms) .................... 118 Trial By Combat (illustration) ....... 29 A Lord and His Lady (illustration) ....69 Griflet le Fise Dieu (arms) ..........30 Other Organizations ...............7 1 Returning From the Tournament (illustration) ..................... 119 Bedivere (arms) ................... 31 The Badge of the Thrashers (210.) ....72 Hunting ........................ 120 Cambria ......................... 32 OtherOptions .................... 73 Pellinore (arms) ................... 33 Helms (illustration) ...............120 Cumbria ........................ 35 Women ..................... 66 The Bull and Bear (illustration) ..... -123 Knight and Goblin (illustration) ......36 Traditional Roles .................. 75 The North ....................... 37 Magic and Faerie ... 124 A Noblewoman (illustration) .........77 Balin le Savage (arms) ............. 38 The Role of the Woman Warrior ...... 78 Goblins Assail a Knight (illo.) ....... 124 The North (map) .................. 39 A Daughter of Freija (illustration) ..... 80 The Giant (illustration) ............128 Cornwall ........................ 40 Blank Women's Character Sheet ......81 Brittany ......................... 41 Brittany (map) .................... 42 Appendices ............ 130 Religions ..................75 The Western Isles ................. 42 Designer's Notes .................130 Ireland (map) 45 Christianity ...................... 83 ..................... Character Generation Synopsis ......131 An Irish Knight (illustration) ........ 46 A Celtic Cross (illustation) .......... 85 The Winter Phase Synopsis .........132 France .......................... 47 Brother Jonathan (illustration) ....... 89 Sources ......................... 134 A French Knight and His Chief Squire Paganism ........................ 91 Women's Chracter Sheet Front ......135 (illustration)Sample ...................... 49 The Holy Grail (illustration) .........93 file Galahad (arms) ...................50 A Druid (illustration) ............... 94 Standard Character Sheet Back ...... 136 France and Gaul (map) .............51 Wotanism ........................ 99 An Array of Weapons (illustration) ...52 Judaism ........................ 100 Map of Britain ....... end - Introduction Knights Adventurous expands player options in the world of King Arthur. HE TALES OF KING ARTHUR player will appreciate the options given The core of the Pendragon game con- have held listeners’ fascination here. sists of four major parts. At the core is a for 1400 years. The basic Pen- Although Pendragon continues to be jet of dry and lifeless rules, the hard- T wood dragon book delineates the best-known 3 game for knight characters, Knights holding everything together. The version of these tales. But many streams Adventurous expands the base of possi- next three parts, which all blend with have contributed to the river of Arthu- ble types of characters to include non- the rules, introduce the basic parts of a rim legend, and it would be a shame to Logres goody-goodies, and even goes story: character, setting, and plot. let them pass by unexplored. Opportu- beyond anything found in literature. Knights Adventurous deals in detail nity exists to experience a wide variety Pagan and Wotanic knights provide with character. The characters section in of types of warriors, nationalities, reli- color, and might expose some of the lit- the basic Pendragon book concentrated gions, and tribal identification, all of erary roots of the legends. on knighthood in Logres, according to a which are recognized in Arthurian liter- Poor knights, household knights, standardized version of vassalage. The ature, but lie outside of the mainstream squires, tribal warriors and chieftains, setting is Salisbury, and secondarily culture of Logres. With Knights